Using gdm at boot

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

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Trey Sizemore wrote:
| I've got FreeBSD 5.3 setup on my desktop and wanted to use gdm to login.
| Per instructions I found at marcuscom.com:
|
| Do _NOT_ use /etc/ttys to start gdm at boot time.  This will result in
| gdm hanging or restarting constantly.  Instead, copy the included
| gdm.sh.sample script to gdm.sh, and restart.  This script is found
| in /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d.
|
| Silly question, but I'm not sure I understand where to copy this file
| to.  Same directory (/usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d)?

Yes.

~  Does doing this alone enable
| gdm without any changes to /etc.ttys?

That's right.  With this script, no changes are required to /etc/ttys.

~  I have only a text login now, no
| xdm/kdm/gdm at all, but want to have gdm enabled with sessions available
| for gnome, kde, icewm, and xfce4.

See the FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/ on how to add additional
desktop sessions to GDM.

Joe

|
| Thanks for any clarification.
|
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